Armed Forces: The Pop-Off

Since the Roman legions began murdering
their commanders in moments of pique, soldiers everywhere have
considered it their basic right to gripeeven if not to take more
forcible action. And the U.S. Army reservists and National Guardsmen
called up last fall as a symbol of the Kennedy Administration's intent
to stand fast in Berlin have certainly availed themselves of their
squawking privileges. Yet last week a gangling G.I.

learned that complaint can become insubordination: at Fort Polk, La.,
Pfc.

Bernis Owen, 23, was sentenced to six months at hard labor for having...